Carving architectural detail in wood : the classical tradition / Frederick Wilbur.
By: Wilbur, Frederick
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BookPublisher: Lewes, East Sussex : Guild of Master Craftsman, 2000Description: 160 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 1861081588.Subject(s): Architectural woodwork -- Technique | Decoration and ornament, Architectural -- Technique | Wood-carving -- TechniqueDDC classification: 729.5 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 729.5 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 00092169 | |||
| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 729.5 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00092168 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This is the first detailed guide to one of the most important traditional woodcarving skills, carving. Wilbur takes the reader, step-by-step, from the basic building blocks of classical design to the practicalities of carving enriched mouldings, volutes, rosettes and capitals. A thorough primer in classical ornament, this book will be indispensable to cabinetmakers and furniture restorers as well as carvers.
Bibliography: (pages 155-156) and index.
Classical design -- Moldings I -- Moldings II -- Volutes -- Rosettes -- Capitals -- Applications.